Cloud IaaS: From "Hype" to "How"

Please join us for an actionable webinar on January 25th, with Christian Teeft, VP of Engineering of Latisys, Geoff Tudor, Director, Global Cloud Strategy at HP and Barb Goldworm, Chief Analyst at FOCUS to learn how to distinguish the hype from the how of integrating cloud computing into your IT infrastructure. This one hour session will present real-world industry trends and use cases and provide a roadmap for:

- Selecting the workloads and applications to move to the cloud

- Choosing a delivery model for private cloud, public cloud, hybrid cloud (and yes .. managed hosting) that makes the most sense for your business

While some companies are achieving great savings with the cloud, many others are still on the fence. And some early “public cloud” adopters are beginning to turn back towards dedicated infrastructure. But one thing is for certain—cloud is the new IT infrastructure and computing paradigm and the impact is undeniable.

In this webinar we’ll examine the accelerating trend towards “hybrid cloud hosting”—where today’s CIOs have begun examining their workloads and opting for a hybrid mix of cloud, hosting and data center services — with workloads spread across a variety of delivery platforms but managed as a converged, federated IT infrastructure.

On Premise? Outsourced? Dedicated? Cloud? Harness the Power of "Hybrid" for a True "All-of-the-Above" Approach to IT Infrastructure.

With so much focus on – and hype around – the cloud, we seem to have forgotten that for most businesses IT infrastructure remains a mix of on-premise, outsourced, physical and virtual components that must be optimized into a seamless hybrid environment. Featuring IaaS experts from Latisys and HP, we'll look at how CIOs and CTOs are allocating workloads, applications and data across a diverse infrastructure today – using every tool in their arsenal in an effort to maximize legacy assets, optimize limited IT budgets and leverage technology advancements to make their business more effective and responsive.

As the cloud value proposition becomes more apparent to enterprises, the focus shifts to implementation. This webinar unravels the benefits, tradeoffs and misconceptions associated with cloud computing, equipping IT executives and enterprise decision makers with a framework for evaluating their current IT infrastructure and making more informed decisions about how to best leverage the cloud. We’ll frame the debate between the public and private cloud, expanding the definition of “hybrid” to include a “portfolio” approach to XaaS—in which CIOs and CTOs allocate workloads, applications and data across a variety of outsourced solutions to truly right-size and optimize IT.

As chief architect of Latisys’ national data center footprint and services platform, Christian Teeft is uniquely positioned to unpack the key factors that any enterprise must consider when forming and executing their cloud and XaaS strategy—including high availability computing and storage requirements, security and compliance demands, price sensitivity, as well as expected scalability needs.

Please join us for an actionable webinar on January 25th, with Christian Teeft, VP of Engineering of Latisys, Geoff Tudor, Director, Global Cloud Strategy at HP and Barb Goldworm, Chief Analyst at FOCUS to learn how to distinguish the hype from the how of integrating cloud computing into your IT infrastructure. This one hour session will present real-world industry trends and use cases and provide a roadmap for:

- Selecting the workloads and applications to move to the cloud

- Choosing a delivery model for private cloud, public cloud, hybrid cloud (and yes .. managed hosting) that makes the most sense for your business

Latisys is a leading national provider of colocation, managed hosting, managed services, disaster recovery and private cloud solutions to medium-sized businesses, enterprise customers and government agencies. With a heritage serving business customers since 1994, and multiple high-density, SAS70 Type II compliant data centers across the United States, Latisys offers scalable outsourced IT infrastructure management solutions that provide customers what they need, when they need it. As a data center-centric company, Latisys is quickly becoming the hosting, colocation and cloud services company of choice for companies that demand more from their IT infrastructure partner. All while optimizing clients' return on investment. All while 'delivering more_'.